diff --git a/ebean-core/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/deploy/BindMaxLength.java b/ebean-core/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/deploy/BindMaxLength.java
index 51bdcfa1a..bee29ad4a 100644
--- a/ebean-core/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/deploy/BindMaxLength.java
+++ b/ebean-core/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/deploy/BindMaxLength.java
@@ -35,25 +35,33 @@ public interface BindMaxLength {
 
     @Override
     public long length(int dbLength, Object obj) {
-      if (obj instanceof String) {
+      if (obj == null) {
+        return -1;
+      } else if (obj instanceof String) {
         String s = (String) obj;
-        int stringLength = s.length();
-        if (stringLength > dbLength) {
-          return stringLength;
-        } else if (stringLength * 4 <= dbLength) {
-          return -1;
-        } else {
-          return s.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8).length;
-        }
-
+        return utf8String(dbLength, s);
       } else if (obj instanceof byte[]) {
         return ((byte[]) obj).length;
       } else if (obj instanceof InputStreamInfo) {
         return ((InputStreamInfo) obj).length();
+      } else if ("org.postgresql.util.PGobject".equals(obj.getClass().getCanonicalName())) {
+        String value = ((org.postgresql.util.PGobject) obj).getValue();
+        return value == null ? -1 : utf8String(dbLength, value);
       } else {
         return -1;
       }
     }
+
+    private static int utf8String(int dbLength, String s) {
+      int stringLength = s.length();
+      if (stringLength > dbLength) {
+        return stringLength;
+      } else if (stringLength * 4 <= dbLength) {
+        return -1;
+      } else {
+        return s.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8).length;
+      }
+    }
   }
 
   /**
@@ -63,12 +71,17 @@ public interface BindMaxLength {
 
     @Override
     public long length(int dbLength, Object obj) {
-      if (obj instanceof String) {
+      if (obj == null) {
+        return -1;
+      } else if (obj instanceof String) {
         return ((String) obj).length();
       } else if (obj instanceof byte[]) {
         return ((byte[]) obj).length;
       } else if (obj instanceof InputStreamInfo) {
         return ((InputStreamInfo) obj).length();
+      } else if ("org.postgresql.util.PGobject".equals(obj.getClass().getCanonicalName())) {
+        String value = ((org.postgresql.util.PGobject) obj).getValue();
+        return value == null ? -1 : value.length();
       } else {
         return -1;
       }
diff --git a/ebean-test/src/test/resources/ebean.properties b/ebean-test/src/test/resources/ebean.properties
index 9dec823ee..6bd984585 100644
--- a/ebean-test/src/test/resources/ebean.properties
+++ b/ebean-test/src/test/resources/ebean.properties
@@ -157,6 +157,7 @@ datasource.oracle.url=jdbc:oracle:thin:@localhost:1521:XE
 ## set this to use timestamp rather than timestamptz
 #ebean.postgres.timestamp=timestamp
 
+ebean.pg.lengthCheck=on
 datasource.pg.username=unit
 datasource.pg.password=test
 datasource.pg.url=jdbc:postgresql://127.0.0.1:6432/unit
diff --git a/ebean-test/testconfig/ebean-cockroach.properties b/ebean-test/testconfig/ebean-cockroach.properties
index 604387b76..f088b3260 100644
--- a/ebean-test/testconfig/ebean-cockroach.properties
+++ b/ebean-test/testconfig/ebean-cockroach.properties
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ ebean.test.platform=cockroach
 ebean.test.dbName=unit
 datasource.default=cockroach
 #ebean.test.cockroach.version=v21.2.6
-
+ebean.lengthCheck=on
diff --git a/ebean-test/testconfig/ebean-postgres.properties b/ebean-test/testconfig/ebean-postgres.properties
index 35a8bbbda..f87670982 100644
--- a/ebean-test/testconfig/ebean-postgres.properties
+++ b/ebean-test/testconfig/ebean-postgres.properties
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ ebean.test.platform=postgres
 datasource.default=postgres
 ebean.test.dbName=unit
 ebean.test.postgres.version=15
-
+ebean.lengthCheck=on
diff --git a/ebean-test/testconfig/ebean-yugabyte.properties b/ebean-test/testconfig/ebean-yugabyte.properties
index 2b8e462cc..f5befb1ac 100644
--- a/ebean-test/testconfig/ebean-yugabyte.properties
+++ b/ebean-test/testconfig/ebean-yugabyte.properties
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ ebean.test.platform=yugabyte
 datasource.default=yugabyte
 ebean.test.dbName=unit
 ebean.test.yugabyte.version=2.18.0.0-b65
-
+ebean.lengthCheck=on